Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-10-26


Northern waters.
The Salem Sunbeam reports a crop
of potatoes that turned out nearly 800 !
bushels per acre. The yield must have |
been much better there than here,
Judging by the scarcity in market and |
advance in price over this time last
year.
THE opponent of a Convention are
telling the Taxpayers that a COnstitu-
tional Convention will cost between
$4,000 and 100000. They are trying
to scare the taxpayers with the cost.
The last Convention cost all included
$6,9O9.61.
POULTRY raisers should be careful
about the crops of their fowls before
bringing them to market In New
York there is a strict law against over
loaded crops, and our local dealers
have to be careful with what they send
to that market.
E. LOWER, near Brenford, finished
husking his corn last week, the crop
between 700 and 800 bushels, and the
yield 81 bushels to the acre. The most
of the farmers have but fairly COM
menced husl1ing yet, their corn not be-
ing sufficiently dry.
LITTLE Harvey FAIRIES, who has had
several serious mishaps, falling twice
from a scaffOlding twelve or fifteen feet
high, and is at this time carrying his
arm in splints to protect a fractured
arm in recent fall, came near losing
an eye while at play last week.
THE young man who has commenced
to earn wages should take two or three
shares of stock in a building associa-
ton. 1t is surprising how the little
savings will grow into a big sum if ad-
ded to monthly. Most of the big es-
| adjustments in the world had very
small beginnings.
THE Adonis Club, which has its
rooms in the Johnson building, organ
lied last week by the election of the
! following officers: President, J. G.
LOngfellOw; Vice President, Charles
M. Wharton; Treasurer, Hirons Den
ney; Secretary, Lindsay McFarlane.
The club has twenty-five members.
On Friday night last an adult bible
class was organized under the leader
ship of Rev. VIM. S. Robinson, at the
NJ. E. Church, with q good attendance
| 1t will meet on each Friday evening at
y o'clock. All persons interested are
/ invited to attend. These meetings will
doubtless prove of interest and profit
to all who can attend them.
THE festival for the benefit of the
Benevolent Society has been fixed for
Friday night, at the Rink. 1t should
have liberal patronage. The money
goes to the poor and need. There are
and will be objects of charity in the
community that must be taken care of
and what does not come to the Society
in this way, will have to come in direct
contributions from the people. Help
the ladies out in their good endeavor.
AN exchange very properly remarks
Young girls in treating dissipated
young men as equals do a wrong that
they can scarcely realize. Such men
should be made to feel that until thew
redeem themselves, until they manifest
a due regard for the social proprieties,
good people will stand alOof from them.
Girls who respect themselves will not
be seen with such young men and will
decline to receive them on the familiar
footing of friendship. 1t is a mistaken
kindness to poultice them, caustic is
needed"
THE young men of this day cannot
afford to be governed by the prejudices
that in many cases have made their
fathers dead weight on the car of pro-
gress. The light of this expansive age
should prompt every one of them to be
out to the polls on next Tuesday and
cast ballot fOr q COYention. In ten
years every young man will be
ashamed to acknowledge that he cast
a vote against Constitutional Reform,
and every old man who cast such a
vote will acknowledge his error. Vote
for Convention,
THE annual meeting of the Kent
County Bible Society will be held in
the Harrington NJ. E. Church on Tues
day, November 8th, at II o'clock A. NJ.
All churches are cordially invited to
elect two or more representatives to
attend the meeting, and also to bring
with them a good collection for the
Bible cause, or send it to John r. Jakes
treasurer, at Wyoming, Del. No de-
nominations are known in these meet
ings and should be well represented by
all lovers of the Bible, and should re.
ceive liberal support from the people
Go to the annual meeting and give
them a liberal contribution for a free
distribution Ofthe Bible in Kent COUNTY
A LARGE number of the delegates to
the New Castle Presbytery and Balt;.
more Synod arrived in Dover yester.
day. The New Castle Presbytery met
at 1870. The Rev. T. r. Mcdowell.
of Lower Brandywine Church was
elected moderator. The Rev. w. c.
Alexander was the stated clerk.
Notice Of the death of the Rev. Dr.
Dewitt, of Rock Church, Md, was
read. J. d. Blake and Mr.. Ermentrout
were examined for ordination. Mr.
Blake had a call placed in his hands
for a Red Clay Greek church, Della.
ware. Mr.. ErmentFout comes here
from the South, and will 90 to Berlin
Md. The presbytery completed its
labors last evenings, and the Baltimore
Synod was organized The Rev. DR.
Joseph T. Smith, of Baltimore preached
the sermon.
THE corporate authorities of Kentor
are having trouble and may have a Law
suit with DR.. VIM. H. Cooper who is &
resident of the town and as a member
of the late Senate, opposed the passage
of an act of incorporation for the town
In obedience to an ordinance issued BY
the commissioners, all the owners O
property on the street leading to the
depot have paved their sidewalks but
DIR. Cooper, who instead has extended
his lines to the gutter and fenced il
the sidewalk claiming it as part and
parcel of his property. The conse
quenee is that pedestrians on coming
to his lines have to turn out into the
road until it is passed. The commits
siOners have taken counsel as to which
, is the greater of the two, DR.. Cooper
fenced in or the whole town of Kentor
, besides.
L. IRVING HANDY, County Superin
tendent of Public Schools, went dow
to Georgetown on Saturday evenin,
! to make a speech in favor of Consti
: tutional Convention, and completely
, captured the audience by his oratory
. The correspondent from that town {,
the EUery Evening says: He delivere,
the most eloquent address upon tn
p subject yet heard here. He was fire
OuantIv intnrruufad hxy opp1auoa o,d q,